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Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979) -- Jonathan and Lucy live in Wismar and the Count wants a house there. Varna is a port on the Black Sea, close to Dracula's castle.

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Director:
Writer:
Werner Herzog (writer)
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Release Date:
17 January 1979 (France) more
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Plot:
Jonathan and Lucy live in Wismar and the Count wants a house there. Varna is a port on the Black Sea, close to Dracula's castle. full summary | full synopsis
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4 wins & 3 nominations more
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(5 articles)
Dancing Souls
 (From IFC. 18 November 2009, 5:57 AM, PST)

Werner Herzog: The Hollywood Interview
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 17 November 2009, 10:22 PM, PST)

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Also Known As:
Nosferatu the Vampyre (UK) (USA)
Nosferatu - fantôme de la nuit (France)
Nosferatu: Phantom of the Night (International: English title) (literal title)
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Runtime:
107 min | USA:96 min (English version)
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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The exceedingly difficult slow-motion shots of a bat in flight were not shot by Werner Herzog's crew but borrowed from a scientific documentary. more
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Errors in geography: When the captain of the ship is writing in his log he says they left the Caspian Sea, which is landlocked and nearly 1000 miles away from the port in Bulgaria where the voyage started. more
Quotes:
Warden: The patient that came in yesterday is having a fit.
Van Helsing: Which one?
Warden: The one that bit the cow.
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Referenced in No debes estar aquí (2002) more
Soundtrack:
Der Ruf der Rohrflöte more

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10 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Stunning!!, 3 November 1999
Author: twltzone from Washington DC

I just purchased this on DVD and its easily one of my favorite new disks. Included in the DVD masterpiece are: the English Version, the German Version with English subtitles, audio commentary by director Werner Herzog, 2 different US theatrical trailers, 1 Spanish theatrical trailer and even a making of the movie mini-feature!!! Very worth the money!!!

This is not an average movie by any means!!! It also appears to be a salute to the great German Expressionist films of the early 1900's. The story line is very intelligent and compassionate. The dialogue is spoken very soft and slowly. There is not very much action in the film, but the performances and cinematography are nothing short of breathtaking!!

Klaus Kinski plays a very convincing Dracula in this 1979 classic. His slow movements are almost hypnotizing!!! Just watch how he moves his hands!! They move so slow and very mysterious!! The guy who played the "nut case" was great!! The images of coffins, crucifixes, rats, and how rumors of the plague were spreading were brilliantly executed.

If you liked this film, you might want to check out 1992's "The Cronos" for another example of a compassionate and intelligent story about Vampires, but set in Mexico. Both films explore the "humanistic" internal conflict in vampires.



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